Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Zu Qi felt that his brain had turned into mush. He stared blankly at the phone screen for a long time, but he couldn’t remember who this Xue Jue was that was calling him.
Director Wang, who was talking next to him, also heard the ringtone of his cell phone. Seeing that Zu Qi looked dazed and didn’t respond for a long time, he leaned over to take a look due to his drunkenness and suddenly became happy.
“The object is here for inspection,” Director Wang said with a wink.
“Ah?” Zu Qi looked up at Director Wang blankly, and managed to squeeze out a few unclear words, “What object…”
“Your partner.” Director Wang found that Zu Qi was indeed very drunk, so he restrained himself. With a teasing expression, he turned to the assistant who was about to check into a room for him and said, “Don’t go, he’s found everything.”
The assistant asked, “Then let’s send him downstairs?”
“Let Mr. Xue come upstairs and pick him up himself.” Director Wang replied, but then he thought about the unpleasant rumors about Zu Qi and Xue Jue, and suddenly hesitated.
Many people in the industry were saying that Zu Qi took advantage of Xue Jue and became a member of the Xue family in this way. And in fact, Xue Jue did not love Zu Qi at all.
On the surface, they were a newlywed couple who just had a child, but in fact they were doing their own thing privately.
Director Wang didn’t know whether these rumors were true or false. It would be fine if they were false, but if they were true, wouldn’t it be a bit embarrassing for him to let Xue Jue come upstairs to pick up Zu Qi…
Just in case Xue Jue was unhappy, he would just be teasing Zu Qi here, but in the end, it was Director Wang, the host of the dinner, who would be in real trouble.
Director Wang thought about it and couldn’t find the best solution, so he could only look at Zu Qi helplessly, expecting Xue Jue to take the initiative to pick him up after picking up the phone.
Unexpectedly, Zu Qi smiled stupidly and listened to the phone ringing again and again but had no intention of answering the phone. He pointed at the phone and asked Director Wang seriously: “Is it my partner who is calling me?”
“Yes, that’s right. He’s on the phone.” Facing Zu Qi who was acting like a drunken child, Director Wang was anxious and helpless. He put his forehead on his hands and urged, “Please answer the phone quickly, don’t keep Xue Jue waiting for too long.”
Zu Qi widened his eyes: “Xue Jue?!”
Director Wang replied: “It’s your partner Xue Jue.”
“He is not my partner, and I don’t want to answer his call.” Zu Qi said this quickly, and then stretched out his index finger and hung up the phone accurately.
Then the whole world became pure once again.
Director Wang: “…”
He thought for a while and decided to ask his assistant to open a room for Zu Qi in the hotel. Judging from the current situation, it would be safer for Zu Qi to stay here.
Just after he finished thinking this, Bai Guangjian couldn’t stand it anymore and took out his mobile phone and dialed Xue Jue’s number directly: “Hey Mr. Xue, I’m with Xiao Zu and he’s drunk. Can you come and pick him up?”
Bai Guangjian said a few words briefly and then hung up the phone. Then he raised his head and saw several people in front of him looking at him in surprise.
“What’s wrong?”
“Mr. Bai…” Assistant Director Xiong Yu said with difficulty, “Mr. Xue is so busy, wouldn’t it be bad if you ask him to pick up people?”
Everyone else had worried expressions, obviously going together with what Director Wang thought.
Bai Guangjian waved his hand and said, “They are a couple, what’s wrong with that?”
Director Wang and others looked at Zu Qi, who was holding his cell phone drunkenly and muttering something, with complicated expressions. They hesitated to speak, but they all had a tacit understanding and did not speak again.
At this time, Zu Qi felt very uncomfortable, his cheeks were as hot as fire, and he felt a little nauseous. The noisy environment around him made his head hurt as if it was about to burst.
Zu Qi sat on the chair for a long time with his head raised, but he still felt it was difficult to breathe, so he staggered up while holding on to the edge of the dining table, trying to walk to the bathroom.
After taking just a few steps, Zu Qi’s feet suddenly slipped and he stumbled forward.
He fell into a warm embrace, with his face right against the visitor’s chest. Zu Qi subconsciously took a deep breath and smelled a light and familiar smell of men’s perfume.
Zu Qi raised his head and saw Xue Jue frowning slightly, looking down at him with an indifferent expression.
“You drank too much.” Xue Jue said calmly. He grabbed Zu Qi’s arms and lifted them up to stabilize Zu Qi’s figure.
Zu Qi was stunned for a long time, then nodded seriously, stretched out his hand to show a distance with his index finger and thumb: “I seem to have drunk a little too much.”
Xue Jue said noncommittally: “Can you stand firm?”
Zu Qi continued to nod, but before he could stand upright after getting up from Xue Jue, he felt that the world was spinning in front of his eyes, and he was about to fall straight to the side again.
Fortunately, Xue Jue quickly held his shoulders with quick eyes and hands.
Zu Qi was so uncomfortable that he simply snuggled into Xue Jue’s arms, like a sleepy kitten, he couldn’t even open his eyes, but he was not as well-behaved as a kitten, talking to himself and tossing around Xue Jue’s body.
“Has anyone told you that you are very good-looking?” Zu Qi smiled and grabbed Xue Jue’s clothes and couldn’t help but burp while talking.
Xue Jue’s face looked a little ugly, but he calmly replied: “No.” Not everyone was as shameless as Zu Qi.
“Really not?” Zu Qi opened his eyes in surprise and looked at Xue Jue’s face distractedly. Then he didn’t know which muscle cramped in his brain, but he suddenly had the courage to raise his hand and pinch Xue Jue’s nose.
“Your nose is also very beautiful, much taller than mine. Was it done in the hospital?”
As he said that, Zu Qi’s hand suddenly let go, and then slowly slid down, his cold fingertips not stopping there, but moving down his open lips with very light touches.
“The mouth is more beautiful…” Zu Qi chuckled, his watery eyes slightly narrowed, as if he had infinite stars in his eyes, and there were dots of color under the light.
The cold expression on Xue Jue’s face remained unchanged, but his eyes looking at Zu Qi suddenly became darker in an instant. He allowed Zu Qi’s troublesome hands to touch his face randomly.
In fact, Xue Jue could count the number of times he had been so close to others on one hand, and all of them were dedicated to Zu Qi.
In the past, if someone had stuck to him like a piece of brown candy and touched his face in public, he would have been so disgusted that he would have run away on the spot. But now, for some reason, he didn’t really reject this feeling….
Habits were a terrible thing.
As early as when Xue Jue was still unconscious, Zu Qi’s presence had penetrated into every aspect of his life.
Xue Jue didn’t react at all, he just calmly held Zu Qi’s waist and pulled him into his arms, but Director Wang and others on the other side were so frightened that their souls almost flew out of their bodies.
They didn’t expect Zu Qi to be so bold as to touch Xue Jue’s face directly in front of everyone.
“Director Wang.” Xue Jue suddenly shouted, “Please get a room for us here.”
Hearing this, Director Wang was startled, and then sighed secretly. Their guess was indeed correct. He was afraid that between Zu Qi and Xue Jue, in this relationship, Xue Jue had always had the upper hand.
At this moment, Xue Jue even planned to leave Zu Qi in the hotel…
Director Wang quickly asked his assistant to open the room. After repeated hesitation, he carefully stretched out his hand to take over Zu Qi who was wrapped around Xue Jue: “Mr. Xue, it’s getting late, otherwise you’d better go back and rest early, we’ll just come forward to take care of Xiao Zu.”
Unexpectedly, before Director Wang’s hand could even touch the corner of Zu Qi’s clothes, Xue Jue narrowed his eyes, turned around and hugged Zu Qi, avoiding Director Wang’s movement of reaching out to pick him up.
“I can take care of him.” Xue Jue seemed to have guessed what Director Wang was thinking, and added lightly, “Director Wang also said that it’s getting late, so I’ll stay here.”
Everyone else agreed but were still shocked.
But Bai Guangjian, who was used to it, stepped forward and patted Director Wang on the shoulder: “Of course the young couple will be staying in the hotel together. Why are you old man worrying so much?”
Director Wang retracted his hands and said awkwardly: “Yes.”
“Then let’s go and have a rest first. Thank you for taking care of Xiao Qi.” Zu Qi woke up and walked to the elevator.
Unfortunately, Zu Qi, who was drunk and confused, was still restless. After walking a few steps, he collapsed on Xue Jue and became motionless.
Xue Jue rubbed Zu Qi’s messy hair and whispered: “Keep on holding on, we’ll be there soon.”
“I can’t hold on anymore… I feel so uncomfortable…” Zu Qi closed his eyes in a daze, wanting to do it. He felt like he couldn’t spit anything out, but his throat and cheeks were so hot, dry and painful.
Zu Qi refused to move, and Xue Jue was helpless.
Before Xue Jue could speak, Zu Qi suddenly stood up straight and was about to climb on him. His soft and waxy voice, like dandelion petals, lightly brushed past Xue Jue’s ears.
Very itchy.
It felt like it was itching to the pit of his stomach.
“You carry me, I really can’t walk, my legs have no strength.” Zu Qi lay next to Xue Jue’s ear and said pitifully, “Xue Jue, can you carry me on your back?”
Xue Jue: “…”
Zu Qi braced himself up and looked at Xue Jue eagerly for a while. Seeing that the other party still made no movement, the hope in his eyes suddenly disappeared little by little, and his drunken head finally sobered up a little.
He actually asked Xue Jue to carry him?
It was just crazy…
How could Xue Jue carry him in public? Maybe Xue Jue wished he could distance himself from him, the farther the better…
Thinking of this, Zu Qi pursed his lips and wanted to stand firm and walk forward himself to the elevator entrance, but he didn’t expect to feel his body become light in the next second. When he reacted, he found that he had been hugged by Xue Jue.
“Is it okay now?” Xue Jue said calmly, but there was obvious helplessness in his tone.
Zu Qi subconsciously put his arms around Xue Jue’s neck and nodded confusedly.
He felt that the way Xue Jue hugged him was a bit strange. It seemed to be very different from the “back” he just mentioned…
Forget it.
As long as he didn’t have to walk on his own.
After the figures of Xue Jue and Zu Qi disappeared behind the elevator door, the group of people recovered from their surprise. Director Wang scratched his head in confusion: “Isn’t it said that they are not on good terms? I think Mr. Xue is very fond of Xiao Zu.”
Bai Guangjian glanced at Director Wang: “Who said that?”
Director Wang replied: “Everyone is talking about it.”
Bai Guangjian: “Those people also said that Zu Qi is a vase and not good in acting, and you have seen it with your own eyes today. It’s all wrong, don’t you think so?”
Director Wang went silent, surprised by these things and at the same time felt deeply emotional. He still had to get rid of the problem of believing rumors that were being spread in the future, or he might stumble on this at some point.
Zu Qi leaned in Xue Jue’s arms and almost fell asleep. It was not until Xue Jue gently put him on the bed that he regained some consciousness.
“Reached home so soon?” Zu Qi muttered. He raised his hand and put it on his forehead to block the dazzling light coming towards him.
Xue Jue took off his jacket that smelled of alcohol, rolled up the cuffs of his shirt, turned around and noticed Zu Qi’s movements, so he turned the lights to the dimmest level.
“We are in the hotel.” Xue Jue stood by the bed and looked down at the motionless Zu Qi. “It’s too late. We won’t go back today.”
Zu Qi asked, “What about Wan Wan?”
Xue Jue said, “My mother and Xiaoya will take care of him.” In fact, he just called Weng Yuxiang and only felt relieved after making sure that Xue Wanwan was already asleep.
Zu Qi said “oh” and then fell silent.
Not long after, Zu Qi heard Xue Jue’s footsteps walking away, followed by the sound of rushing water in the bathroom.
Xue Jue was very fast. In less than half an hour, he came out of the bathroom. Then he walked straight to the bed and saw Zu Qi lying on the bed without even changing his position.
Zu Qi drank a lot of wine tonight, and his whole body was filled with the strong smell of alcohol. He didn’t know what he was thinking of. His blurred eyes wandered on Xue Jue’s naked upper body for a while, and then stopped on the lower body with the water droplets falling below the towel wrapped around the thin waist.
“It’s really good.” Zu Qi couldn’t help but say sourly.
“…” Xue Jue was silent for a moment and said, “Are you awake? Then go take a shower.”
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